1.   Labour gained one seat but lost two in the by-election following appointment of aldermen.

2.   Preliminary work began last September following the appointment of two countryside officers who are employed full time on the project.

3.   Shares of Moulinex rose following the appointment.

4.   The reversal follows the appointment last week of Lucien Bouchard as the new head of the separatist campaign.

5.   The relationship between the Argentine Congress and the Economy Ministry should improve following the appointment of Roque Fernandez as new minister, a leading Argentine politician said.

6.   Bar-On resigned from the Likud and all its institutions following his appointment, but critics said that was not enough.

7.   But his appointment was followed by several months of tension within the party over the distribution of power between him, as party candidate, and Almunia as secretary-general.

8.   Following her appointment, Danieli and Benedetti set into motion a corporative development programme.

9.   Following the appointment of a new prime minister this month, the government has repeatedly promised to accelerate economic reform and improve the investment climate.

10.   Newspaper reports about the expected appointment led to a rise in value of the Taiwan dollar this week as traders predicted a stronger currency following the appointment.